Políticas industriais no Ceará: uma análise histórica sobre suas influências no processo de desenvolvimento do Estado

Abstract

In view of the economic underdevelopment experienced in the state of Ceará during its economic formation, from the 1950s onwards, successive governments sought to formulate public policies in order to overcome this backwardness. The way to seek development was through the industrialization of the state. The main objective of the present work is to analyze this process, analyzing the main means used for the development of the industry of Ceará, such as the FDI, as well as the impacts of this policy on the volume of investments, sectors benefited, generation of jobs and location of the industries encouraged in Ceará. The methodology adopted will be the bibliographical research, since there will be the use of sources such as magazines, books, scientific articles and specialized websites. The data will be from secondary sources, and are therefore collected on qualified and easily accessible websites and are from external sources, published by the government, periodicals, books, reports and articles. They will be the Brazilian Institute of Statistical Geography (IBGE), Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA) and Institute of Research and Economic Strategy of Ceará (IPECE). The results obtained demonstrate the importance of the FDI to the industrial sector of Ceará, being the main means of granting benefits, which increased private investments in the state, however the concentration of investments was mainly observed in the Metropolitan Region of Fortaleza.